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Screensaver is a Lab Information Management System (LIMS) for high-throughput screening of small molecule and RNAi biological assays. It is a Java/JSF/Hibernate/Spring web application that is actively being developed and used at Harvard Medical School.

In detail it offers the following features:

Libraries

Manage screening libraries, including small molecule and RNAi libraries.

Import library plate/well contents from SD and Excel files for small molecule and RNAi libraries, respectively.

Studies: Add annotations to library reagents, allowing biologically relevant information to be shared among all users. For example, cell toxicity or luminescence data on small molecule reagents, siRNA off-target effects, etc. Annotation data can be provided as part of an imported screen result or can be imported from the data of an external, published study.

Screeners & Staff

Manage users accounts for both screeners and staff (administrators)

Maintain screeners' associations with fellow lab members and screen collaborators

Restrict access to data and commands as appropriate for the user's authorizations and data sharing policies.

Support for multiple data sharing levels for screeners's data. This includes tiered levels of mutual sharing, so that screeners can view data from others' screens that are being shared at the same level. (This encourages screeners to share their data, but still supports the option of full data privacy.)